[Wien] d-eg orbitals are not effected by applying Ueff

pieper pieper at ifp.tuwien.ac.at
Sat Jan 28 20:51:18 CET 2017


 From the abstract of the paper you cited in your last mail I gather that 
this an alloy. So I suspect that there is some cite disorder with Co as 
well as Ga occupying the lattice sites randomly?

In that case Co would have a number of different configurations, due to 
the random distribution, that are not represented in your .struct file.

As for the gap: This was a question, not stating some fact. 
Unfortunately I did not follow the literature on GGA+U, so I am not 
aware of any studies with the same problem as yours. But I am also not 
aware of any study saying that a (reasonably sized) U MUST produce a 
gap. Here the real experts might provide more useful comments.

Best regards,

Martin Pieper


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Am 28.01.2017 01:21, schrieb venkatesh chandragiri:
> Dear Prof. Pieper,
> 
> the answers are as follows,
> 
> I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ALLOY? IF YES, WHAT KIND OF SUPERCELL DO
> YOU USE TO MODEL THE SYSTEM?
> 
> I do not used any supercell configuration. The case.struct file
> contains the two atoms as given below. 
> 
> ARE THESE T2G AND EG SYMMETRIES ACTUALLY PRESENT IN ALL POSSIBLE
> CONFIGURATIONS WITHIN THE ALLOY (PROBABLY NOT)? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
> THE SYMMETRY YOU ARTIFICIALLY IMPOSE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS?
> 
> Experimentally, at room temperature, we have refined the crystal
> structure of the Co50Ga50 alloy and the same used for the generating
> the case.struct. I do not understand the your meaning of " all
> possible configurations ".
> 
> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT U SHOULD ACT IN THE SAME WAY ON DIFFERENT
> SYMMETRIES? COULD IT BE THAT LOCALIZING T2G PAYS OFF MUCH BETTER THAN
> EG?
> 
> I do not have experience before on the DFT +U studies, but have seen
> in literature that one could create artifical energy gap by applying U
> in order to explain the insulating behaviour of few oxides. It would
> be helpful for me, if you provide me some references where the
> localizing t2g pays off much better than eg by applying U. 
> 
> DID YOU TRY OTHER CONFIGURATIONS / SUPERCELLS / SYMMETRIES? 
> 
> I tried DFT + SO + U , but this also leads to the same feature in DOS
> like DFT + U case. No supercells are tried. Could you please suggest
> me next step or possible configurations so that I can give a try. 
> 
> thanks for your reply and looking forward to your help
> 
> venkatesh
> 
> =========== Co50Ga50.struct ===========
> 
> Co50Ga50                                        
>                               
> P   LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS:  2 221_Pm-3m                  
>                     
> MODE OF CALC=RELA unit=bohr                            
>                        
>   5.438632  5.438632  5.438632 90.000000 90.000000 90.000000    
>               
> ATOM   1: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.00000000
>           MULT= 1          ISPLIT= 2
> Ga1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=    2.2400   Z: 31.0
>                   
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM   2: X=0.50000000 Y=0.50000000 Z=0.50000000
>           MULT= 1          ISPLIT= 2
> Co1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=    2.3500   Z: 27.0
>                   
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
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